Emma Greenhalgh

Call: 2010

Court of Protection, Family

Emma is always well prepared across all of the details of the case. She is committed to her clients and her client handling skills are second to none, her attendance notes and draft orders are always prompt and detailed, her advocacy is brilliant, both in and out of the court room, and her advice is realistic and sensitive to the client’s position.
Legal 500 (2024)
Emma is an extremely intelligent advocate who is fair and balanced but forthright in the court room. Her understanding of the issues and swift assimilation of the documentation is enviable.
Legal 500 (2023)
Emma Greenhalgh is very knowledgeable, has great attention to detail and is very robust. She's very dedicated and hard-working.
Chambers UK Bar (2025)
Emma is an excellent advocate who is always well-prepared. She is thorough and robust, extremely well respected on the northern circuit, and she is regularly instructed in cases of the utmost gravity.
Legal 500 (2025)
Emma Greenhalgh is a brilliant advocate and works extremely hard.
Chambers UK Bar (2024)
Emma is always well prepared across all of the details of the case. She is committed to her clients and her client handling skills are second to none, her attendance notes and draft orders are always prompt and detailed, her advocacy is brilliant, both in and out of the court room, and her advice is realistic and sensitive to the client’s position.
Legal 500 (2024)
Emma is an extremely intelligent advocate who is fair and balanced but forthright in the court room. Her understanding of the issues and swift assimilation of the documentation is enviable.
Legal 500 (2023)
Emma Greenhalgh is very knowledgeable, has great attention to detail and is very robust. She's very dedicated and hard-working.
Chambers UK Bar (2025)
Emma is an excellent advocate who is always well-prepared. She is thorough and robust, extremely well respected on the northern circuit, and she is regularly instructed in cases of the utmost gravity.
Legal 500 (2025)

Overview

Emma Greenhalgh joined Chambers over a decade ago, following successful completion of pupillage. Prior to this, Emma qualified as a Solicitor during which time she gained a variety of experience in all aspects of Family Law with a leading high street practice based in the North West.

Emma prides herself on thorough preparation and a down to earth approach. Emma has the ability to analyse the factual and legal issues concisely and adopts a professional and robust attitude.

Family

Emma Greenhalgh was a pupil of HHJ Rachael Heppenstall. Since coming to the Bar, Emma has developed her knowledge and expanded her experience in public law children proceedings; private law children proceedings; ancillary relief and TOLATA proceedings and Family Law 1996 matters.

Emma undertakes all forms of hearings from the first appointment through to contested final hearings. She represents clients in front of all tribunals within the family court from Magistrates level to High Court Judges.

In private law proceedings Emma has been involved in several complicated cases such as fact finding cases and cases with jurisdictional issues. She regularly acts in cases involving Rule 16.4 Guardians.

Emma is keen to expand upon her ancillary relief practice and has been involved in several cases with overseas assets and trust elements. She acts at FDA and FDR hearings together with final hearings.

In public law proceedings she acts for a number of local authorities and also represents parents, children, grandparents and interveners. She regularly acts in complex cases involving allegations of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Emma has a particular interest in non-accidental injury cases and enjoys the forensic medical and evidential elements. Emma also regularly acts for vulnerable clients and is known for her ability and understanding to work with client’s who suffer from learning difficulties to that end she has been involved in several cases where the Official Solicitor has been involved. Further, Emma has been instructed by both local authorities and parents in cases where a mother has been incarcerated at the time of birth.

Emma acts for police authorities and local authorities in disclosure and public interest immunity applications in both the criminal and family jurisdictions.

She prides herself on thorough preparation and a down to earth approach. She has the ability to analyse the factual and legal issues concisely and adopts a professional and robust attitude. Emma is approachable and is happy to provide ongoing advice to clients and Solicitors both prior to and during proceedings.

Reported Cases

Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v M & Anor [2019] EWHC 468 (Fam) – http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/468.html
Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v M & Anor (2019) EWHC 1244 (Fam)
Re AA & 25 others (2019) EWFC 64
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council v ML & Anor [2022] EWHC 746 (Fam) (04 April 2022)

Prescribed Information

Emma Greenhalgh is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Emma can be found here.

Emma’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Emma to undertake Court and advisory work for a fixed fee or brief fee plus additional refresher days. For advisory work, paperwork and conferences it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate although fixed fees are available. Emma accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here. Emma will typically return paperwork within 14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales.

Emma Greenhalgh

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Emma Greenhalgh

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